Folding fishing line drier



- May 19,1936. 1 3. JOHNSON 294L249 7 FOLDING FISHING LINE DRIER Filed Ma y 7, 1955 Z SheetS-Sheet 1 lnvenlor gmm M y 1936- JOHNSON m 1, 4

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f A J? Inventor mam Zen am Patented May 19, 1936 reel into a compactarrangementoccupyingvery umreo STATESSPATENT' OFFICE 1 claim.

The object of the invention is to'provide a balanced-base for a collapsible fishing line drying reel so as to accommodate the' folding of the little storage room.

Another' feature of the invention is the construction of one of the journals. for the reel shaft thatapplies and: releases thetension to the parts of'tne drying reel to admit thereel to be collapsed. I

Further objects ofthe invention are to provide a device of the character referred' to that is strong, compact and durable, highly'efficient in operation, that requires very little time and efforttq assemble and disassemble and that is comparativelyinexpensive to manufacture.

With the foregoing andother objects in view the invention consists of a novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter more specifically described and illustrated in the accompanying drawings wherein is disclosed a preferred embodiment of the invention, but it is to be understood that changes,

variations and modifications may be resorted to without departing from the spirit of the claim hereunto appended.

In the drawings wherein like reference characters denote corresponding parts throughout the several views:

Figure l is a side elevation of the device in in the operative position.

accordance with the present invention shown Figure 2 is a top plan view thereof with the fishing line reel removed from the support. I Figure 3 is a detailed longitudinal section.

I through the device in folded relation with the fishing line reel support removed.

Figure 4 is a fragmentary portion of thedrying reel in perspective.

Figure 5 is a detailed fragmentary vertical section taken substantially on line 5-5 and looking in the direction of the arrows.

Figure 6 is a transverse section through the fishing line reel support taken through the movable clamp thereof.

Referring to the drawings in detail, A indicates an open metal base substantially rectangular in configuration. The base includes angle iron side rails I, 8 and angle iron end rails 9, It. All

the rails have one of their webs Illa disposed in a horizontal plane and all these webs lie in sub stantially the same plane. All of the rails have their outer webs Ha disposed in a vertical plane.

is split radially as at 26. the outer protecting end has a handle 21 for.

This invention relates to a folding fishing line drier.

'At the corners I 3;. the frame A the horizontal webs Illa arernit'ered asat l2 and to secure the rails of the frame together the vertical webs Ha of the end rails. 9, 10 are formed on each end with right angled extensions l3. These extensions l3 overlap the ends of the vertical webs, of the side rails 1, 8 and are secured thereto by means of. the rivets I4. The vertical webs H a of side rails I. 8 are formed with substantially U shaped notches l5, I6 and these notches open inwardly from the upper edges and serve to receive the end portions of the shaft 29 when the reel is collapsed. At the corners, the base A has four cushionknobs H secured to the lower faces of the horizontal webs [0a which serve as rests for the frame. y e

Adjacent one end of the frame are a pair of reel supportingarms l8, the lower ends of which swing on pivots l9 secured to the vertical webs Ha of the side rails I, 8. These arms are substantially flat and fold inside the side rails l, 8

when the device is folded for storage as will be seen in Figure 3Iof the drawings. To lock the reel supporting arms I8 in vertical position, there are a pair of locking bars 20 pivoted at their lower ends on the rivets M in the corner of the frame. On intermediate portions of the reel supporting arms 18 are inwardly extending pins opening 23 which threadably receives the taper- .ing threaded shank 24.0n the bearing bushing 25. It will be seen that the tapering shank 24 The bushing 25 on turning the bushing. The bore 28 in the bushing 25 receives the one end of the drying reel shaft 29 and the other end of shaft 29 is formed with a crank 30 having the rotatable handle 3| on the end of the crank. Adjacent the crank. 30,

the shaft is journaled in the upper end of the other upright arm l8 through a bushing 32.

The line drying reel isindicated generally at B and on each side of the reel are a pair of crossed spokes 33, 34 the centers of which abut each other and are formed with registering openings which receive the shaft 29.v The spokes 34 are welded or pinched to the shaft as at 34a so as to act as abutments for the spokes 33. Rungs 31 are secured in the ends of the spokes connecting the pairs of spokes 33, 34 on one side of the reel with the pairs of spokes on the other side of the reel forming abridge betweenthe pairs of spokes on xwhich is wound the fishing line'38. ="When the bushing 25 is releasedt'from its position clamping the adjacentspoke 33 against the complementary-spoke 34,:the spokes will be free 'so "that they can be rotated 'on the shaft 29 to assumea position extendingina general longitudiv.nal direction with the spokes 34.

Adjacent the end of one spoke 34 is secureda flexible prong 38 drawings that the registering openings 35 in the formed with. an :eye 39 bearing .on the 'inner face of thespoke and secured theretoby a screwlll.

"Thezfree end of the'pronghas a right angled extension 4| bearing'rm the edge of the spoke and under thisextension is secured the free endofthe .flshingline to-be wound on the-drying reel.

- It will be seen byreferring to Figure 5 of the spokes 33 and? register with the bore "28in the bearingbushing 25, on .the one :side of the reel. Embracing the shaft 28 and bearing on the outer spoke '33 of the reelatthis' point'is a washer 42 vag'ainstwhich bears ltheinner end of the .split shank!!! on the bearing bushing; By turning thebearing bushing-inwardlygthe'shanlr of the :bushing bears on'ithe washer 'andlocks the spokes of'the reel together so thatithey will-turn with-the shaft, while :the spokes may be collapsed to the ,position sshow'n .in'iFigure. 3 of the drawings by .loosening the bushing and folding the spokes in the relation indicated.

' One end rail 9 ofithe .framelA opposed tothe end of the frame where. theidrying reel is mountedhas an opening Akin-the vertical web and this opening is in the center ofthe end rail. A cylin- A drical fishing line reel support 44 inclinesupWard ly andinwardly from the end rail diagonally t0- wardthe axis of shaft 29 when the drying reel is in assembled operative position. One end of thesupport has anangularxflange 45=bolted tovthe end pocket "'9.

tachably seatedthe tongues .52 on the fishing. line rail 9 by a bolt 46 extending through aperture 43 andthe bolt is held-in position by a wing nut 41 carried thereby. The free end of the cylindrical ,isupport'flcarries a strip 48 formed witha pocket 49 while .on an intermediate portion is a movable clamp .50 formed with a pocket 5| registering with In these pockets 49 and 5| are dethe right as shown in Figure 1 of the drawings therebyallowing reel supporting arms l8 to fold substantially into the plane of the base A. The spokes'may be folded to the posititon shown in Figure 3 of the drawings by loosening the bushing nut 25.

,Having thus described the invention, what is claimed 'as new is:

vA reel of the characterdescribed comprising a base having upstanding side walls, a pair of .uprights pivotallyconnected to the base, a shaft journalled throughthe said uprights and having actuating means at. one end thereof, a pair of spoke forming cross members at each end of the shaft, .one cross member at each end of the shaft being positively secured to the shaft, the other cross member being slidable and rotatable on the shaft, rungs between the 'ends of corresponding cross members,-.and means at the remaining end of the shaft wherebyathe adjacent slidable and rotatable cross member can be clamped against the adjacent fixed cross member, a pair of opposed .-side walls being provided with notches for receiving the end portions of the shaft.

BENJAMIN JOHNSON. 

